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JUSTICE FOR GEORGE FLOYD Youth-led March under Jones Falls Expressway along North Gay between East Saratogo Street and Falllsway in Baltimore MD on Monday evening, 1 June 2020 by Elvert Barnes Photography
HANDS UP, DON'T SHOOT!
Elvert Barnes Monday, 1 June 2020 JUSTICE FOR GEORGE FLOYD / Baltimore MD docu-project at elvertbarnes.com/1June2020.html
Elvert Barnes Corona Virus COVID-19 Pandemic Project at elvertbarnes.com/COVID19.html
Elvert Barnes BMORE 2020 at elvertbarnes.com/Bmore2020.html
Protesters demand justice for the shooting and killing of an unarmed 18 year-old by a Ferguson police officer.
North Baltimore, Maryland, Sunday April 19, 2015. Around one hundred activists associated with Justice League NYC and other civil rights groups marched down historic US Route 1 through Baltimore as participants in an event named #MARCH2JUSTICE. On April 13, 2015, the activists gathered in New York CIty to embark on a 250 mile march through five states to culminate in a rally on the West Lawn of the US Capitol on Tuesday, April 21. The marchers intend to deliver to Congress a "Justice Package" of criminal justice reform legislation and other demands to end police brutality and empower youth.
Postscript 1. As the march moved through the streets of Baltimore young Freddie Gray lie nearby in a hospital bed, his life slipping away, yet another young African-American victim of police violence. Freddie passed the next day. Angry crowds are filling the streets in protest. Hopefully the anger will be expressed non-violently and directed where it belongs; against the corrupt and ineffectual city and state government, the notoriously brutal Baltimore Police department and the corporate capitalist thieves who plundered, poisoned and abandoned this city. But this was not to be.
On Saturday April 25 after a peaceful daytime march by a diverse crowd of over 2,000 social justice activists and supporters, rioting and looting erupted in the evening, provoking a violent police response. Sunday was mostly chill and respectful of the Gray family's call for peace and justice for Freddie as parallel investigations by the Baltimore Police Department and the States Attorney's office went forward. What actually happened here? A young African-American man was arrested by the police for no apparent reason and ended up dead from spinal cord injury sustained while in custody. On Monday April 27 after Freddie Gray's funeral, all hell broke loose. In "Charm City" there are now numerous spectacular arson fires, looting of business establishments large and small, occasional gunplay, nearly olympic feats of hateful projectile hurling against the police, burning of police and civilian automobiles, tear gas and other chemical weapon retaliation by cops and other assorted mayhem. They don't call this place Mobtown for nothing and, sadly, the violence is as American as cherry pie. It should be noted that dozens of members of the faith community including the Nation Of Islam and other good samaritans were on the street all night trying to wage peace. The mayor has announced a 10 PM to 5AM curfew for Tuesday and beyond. Let's hope that the violence is over.
Postscript 2. On May 1, 2015 five of the six police officers who killed Freddie Gray were charged with homicide. The driver of the police paddy wagon was charged with second degree "depraved heart" murder, meaning that the State asserts that the killing was intentional. Four of the other five officers are charged with manslaughter and all were charged variously with other violations including false imprisonment and misconduct in office,
HandsUpDontShootSL I Surrender - SL Campaign
1. Please add yourself to the flickr group of the campaign
HandsUpDontShoot I Surrender – SL Campaign flickr group www.flickr.com/groups/2797685@N22/
friends and post it in the group on flickr or on your blog ... spread the message of peace
2. Use any pose with your hands up and take a raw picture of yourself or your friends and post it in the group on flickr or on your blog ... spread the message of peace
3.Take your free pose for the campaign here :
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Images from the "Justice For All" March in Washington, DC on Saturday, December 13th, 2014.
This event was conceived and executed by the Reverend Al Sharpton and the National Action Network on behalf of Eric Garner, Mike Brown, Tamir Rice, Trayvon Martin, Akai Gurley and all of the others killed by the police in this country.
Full set of Justice For All March photos here: www.flickr.com/photos/jimkiernan/sets/72157649757466322/
Washington DC, December 13, 2014. Reverend Al Sharpton of National Action Network joins with the families of Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, Tamir Rice and others in a "Justice For All" rally and march to protest police violence and racism. A diverse crowd of tens of thousands assembled at Freedom Plaza and marched down Pennsylvania Avenue towards the US Capitol for a rally with speeches by Sharpton and others.
Interactions between the demonstrators and police were generally cordial during the 'official' phases of the event but got contentious when a relatively small raucous, radical faction, shouting "we shut shit down", later decided to take over busy 7th Street, blocking traffic, staging a 'die in' near the Smithsonian American Art Museum and briefly occupying a tent at a nearby holiday street market. Some of the younger activists in this group had occupied the main event stage for a time in an effort to get their concerns voiced but were silenced when the Justice For All organizers cut off their microphones. There is definitely tension in the anti police violence movement between older now establishment figures like Sharpton who prefer working through the system and the mainly college age activists who've embraced relentless non-violent civil disobedience street action as one of their most important tactics.
Demonstrators gathered outside the US Embassy in London to protest the decision to not prosecute the officer responsible for shooting dead Michael Brown.
Photos at Parliament Square and Oxford Street respectively.
Times Square New York City. Solidarity with Mike Brown. Hand's up don't shoot. Protest against police brutality. Thursday August 14th, 2014.
Washington DC, December 13, 2014. Reverend Al Sharpton of National Action Network joins with the families of Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, Tamir Rice and others in a "Justice For All" rally and march to protest police violence and racism. A diverse crowd of tens of thousands assembled at Freedom Plaza and marched down Pennsylvania Avenue towards the US Capitol for a rally with speeches by Sharpton and others.
Interactions between the demonstrators and police were generally cordial during the 'official' phases of the event but got contentious when a relatively small raucous, radical faction, shouting "we shut shit down", later decided to take over busy 7th Street, blocking traffic, staging a 'die in' near the Smithsonian American Art Museum and briefly occupying a tent at a nearby holiday street market. Some of the younger activists in this group had occupied the main event stage for a time in an effort to get their concerns voiced but were silenced when the Justice For All organizers cut off their microphones. There is definitely tension in the anti police violence movement between older now establishment figures like Sharpton who prefer working through the system and the mainly college age activists who've embraced relentless non-violent civil disobedience street action as one of their most important tactics.
JUSTICE FOR GEORGE FLOYD Youth-led March under Jones Falls Expressway along North Gay between East Saratogo Street and Falllsway in Baltimore MD on Monday evening, 1 June 2020 by Elvert Barnes Photography
HANDS UP, DON'T SHOOT!
Elvert Barnes Monday, 1 June 2020 JUSTICE FOR GEORGE FLOYD / Baltimore MD docu-project at elvertbarnes.com/1June2020.html
Elvert Barnes Corona Virus COVID-19 Pandemic Project at elvertbarnes.com/COVID19.html
Elvert Barnes BMORE 2020 at elvertbarnes.com/Bmore2020.html
March honoring Kollin Elderts in #Waikiki, protesting Christopher Deedy's acquittal on murder charges.
Echoes of #Ferguson in Honolulu, Hawaii with many carrying Michael Brown posters on a march through Waikiki.
Protestors marched from Honolulu Zoo to the Kuhio McDonald's where Christopher Deedy fired the shot that killed Kollin Elderts, and joined #Ferguson demonstrators in chanting "Hands up, don't shoot."
People took to the streets across America to protest the murder of 18-year old Michael Brown by a white cop, Darren Wilson, in Ferguson, 2014. Wilson was found not guilty by a grand jury. "Hands up, Don't Shoot" became a rallying cry for the Black Lives Matter protestors.
BLACK LIVES MATTER / GEORGE FLOYD Protest in front of Lafayette Park at 16th and H Street, NW, Washington DC on Friday afternoon, 5 June 2020 by Elvert Barnes Photography
HANDS UP, DON'T SHOOT!
Follow BLACK LIVES MATTER DC at www.facebook.com/BLMDC/
Elvert Barnes 5 June 2020 docu-project at elvertbarnes.com/5June2020.html
Elvert Barnes Protest Photography 2020 at elvertbarnes.com/protests2020.html
Elvert Barnes Corona Virus COVID-19 Pandemic Project at elvertbarnes.com/COVID19.html
Silver Spring, Maryland, January 24, 2014. The Montgomery County Civil Rights Coalition hosted an hour long rally and brief march in downtown Silver Spring to protest ongoing police violence without accountability, most egregiously against people of color. This action was in solidarity with hundreds of similar events nationwide celebrating the true legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King. I counted around fifty participants during the hour I was on the street. Interactions between the heavily armed, bullet-proof vested Montgomery County Police and the demonstrators were generally respectful and peaceful.
JUSTICE FOR GEORGE FLOYD Youth-led March under Jones Falls Expressway along North Gay between East Saratogo Street and Falllsway in Baltimore MD on Monday evening, 1 June 2020 by Elvert Barnes Photography
HANDS UP, DON'T SHOOT!
Elvert Barnes Monday, 1 June 2020 JUSTICE FOR GEORGE FLOYD / Baltimore MD docu-project at elvertbarnes.com/1June2020.html
Elvert Barnes Corona Virus COVID-19 Pandemic Project at elvertbarnes.com/COVID19.html
Elvert Barnes BMORE 2020 at elvertbarnes.com/Bmore2020.html
BLACK LIVES MATTER / GEORGE FLOYD Protest in front of Lafayette Park at 16th and H Street, NW, Washington DC on Friday afternoon, 5 June 2020 by Elvert Barnes Photography
HANDS UP, DON'T SHOOT!
Follow BLACK LIVES MATTER DC at www.facebook.com/BLMDC/
Elvert Barnes 5 June 2020 docu-project at elvertbarnes.com/5June2020.html
Elvert Barnes Corona Virus COVID-19 Pandemic Project at elvertbarnes.com/COVID19.html
Washington DC, December 13, 2014. Reverend Al Sharpton of National Action Network joins with the families of Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, Tamir Rice and others in a "Justice For All" rally and march to protest police violence and racism. A diverse crowd of tens of thousands assembled at Freedom Plaza and marched down Pennsylvania Avenue towards the US Capitol for a rally with speeches by Sharpton and others.
Interactions between the demonstrators and police were generally cordial during the 'official' phases of the event but got contentious when a relatively small raucous, radical faction, shouting "we shut shit down", later decided to take over busy 7th Street, blocking traffic, staging a 'die in' near the Smithsonian American Art Museum and briefly occupying a tent at a nearby holiday street market. Some of the younger activists in this group had occupied the main event stage for a time in an effort to get their concerns voiced but were silenced when the Justice For All organizers cut off their microphones. There is definitely tension in the anti police violence movement between older now establishment figures like Sharpton who prefer working through the system and the mainly college age activists who've embraced relentless non-violent civil disobedience street action as one of their most important tactics.
Washington DC, Tuesday evening November 25, 2014. Around twenty five hundred social justice activists gathered at Mount Vernon Square for a rally and march to protest the failure of the St. Louis County, Missouri Grand Jury to indict Officer Darren Wilson for the killing of unarmed black teenager Mike Brown. The marchers blocked several intersections for brief periods of time and occupied the H Street Walmart Superstore for about fifteen minutes. The nearly two hour long march ended on the steps of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery. Interactions between the marchers and police were testy at times but there were no arrests I am aware of.
Silver Spring, Maryland, January 24, 2014. The Montgomery County Civil Rights Coalition hosted an hour long rally and brief march in downtown Silver Spring to protest ongoing police violence without accountability, most egregiously against people of color. This action was in solidarity with hundreds of similar events nationwide celebrating the true legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King. I counted around fifty participants during the hour I was on the street. Interactions between the heavily armed, bullet-proof vested Montgomery County Police and the demonstrators were generally respectful and peaceful.
North Baltimore, Maryland, Sunday April 19, 2015. Around one hundred activists associated with Justice League NYC and other civil rights groups marched down historic US Route 1 through Baltimore as participants in an event named #MARCH2JUSTICE. On April 13, 2015, the activists gathered in New York CIty to embark on a 250 mile march through five states to culminate in a rally on the National Mall near the US Capitol on Tuesday, April 21. The marchers intend to deliver to Congress a "Justice Package" of criminal justice reform legislation and other demands to end police brutality and empower youth.
Postscript 1. As the march moved through the streets of Baltimore young Freddie Gray lie nearby in a hospital bed, his life slipping away, yet another young African-American victim of police violence. Freddie passed the next day. Angry crowds are filling the streets in protest. Hopefully the anger will be expressed non-violently and directed where it belongs; against the corrupt and ineffectual city and state government, the notoriously brutal Baltimore Police department and the corporate capitalist thieves who plundered, poisoned and abandoned this city. But this was not to be.
On Saturday April 25 after a peaceful daytime march by a diverse crowd of over 2,000 social justice activists and supporters, rioting and looting erupted in the evening, provoking a predictably violent police response.
Sunday was mostly chill and respectful of the Gray family's call for peace and justice for Freddie as the Baltimore Police Department's investigation of his killing by BPD officers went forward.
What actually happened here? A young African-American man was arrested by the police for no apparent good reason and ended up dead from spinal cord injury sustained while in custody. Freddie was manhandled by cops, subjected to a paddy wagon ride intended to injure him further and denied the prompt medical care he begged for.
On Monday April 27 after Freddie Gray's funeral, all hell broke loose. In "Charm City" there are now numerous spectacular arson fires, looting of business establishments large and small, occasional gunplay, nearly olympic feats of hateful projectile hurling against the police, burning of police and civilian automobiles, tear gas and other chemical weapon retaliation by cops and other assorted mayhem. They don't call this place Mobtown for nothing and, tragically, the violence is as American as cherry pie. It should be noted that dozens of members of the faith community including the Nation Of Islam and other good samaritans were on the street all night trying to wage peace. The mayor has announced a 10 PM to 5AM curfew for Tuesday and beyond. Let's hope that the violence is over.
Postscript 2. On May 1, 2015 five of the six police officers who killed Freddie Gray were charged with homicide. The driver of the police paddy wagon was charged with second degree "depraved heart" murder, meaning that the State asserts that the killing was intentional. Four of the other five officers are charged with manslaughter and all were charged variously with other violations including false imprisonment and misconduct in office,